Woven wire fencing



Patented Feb. 21, 1939 LBL.

WOVEN WIRE FINCING Julian L. Schueler. Kokomo, Ind., assigner toContinental Steel Corporation, Kokomo, Ind.,

a corporation of Application April 8, 1931, Berlal No. IKW.

6 Claims. (CL 41-1I) Woven wire fencing. as commonly constructed andused for the purpose of preventing the escape of cattle or otherlanimals, is formed of longitudinal strand wires which are ordinarilyspaced several inches apart, in conjunction with vertical stay wireswhich are knotted or intercoiled with the strand wires, giving to thefence as a whole a coarse mesh formation. Huch fences are commonlyconstructed from galvanized 10 wire, which is usually of a dull greyishcolor and is not easily visible to the cattle'in subdued light or whenviewed against a dull grey silly. As a result of this circumstance,cattle frequently run into such fences. unaware oi' the fact that abarrier is interposed, and in this way may injure the fence oroccasionally lnJure themselves where such collisions occur.

To provide a warning to approaching animals. it has been the practice toswing elongated warngo ing slats or boards of wood or metal horizontallybetween the longitudinal strands of a wire fence, or to affix betweenthe strands relatively wide vertically extending boards or tags to serveas a` t visible warning against possible injury.

The object of the present invention is to overcome the tendency ofanimals to ignore or overlool: the presence of an all wire fence, by sopainting or otherwise contrasting certain oi the strand and stay wiresas to conspicuously display the solid appearance of a continuous barrierin y the form of a board fence or the like, so that the animals will berestrained or prevented from inadvertently charging into the fence.

It is not the intention to merely paint or color the entire fence with amore conspicuous color than that allordcd by the galvanized wire. but tosimulate or suggest the solid appearance of continuous boards or railsat spaced intervals above one another. thereby particularly directingattcntion to these portions of the fence which by contrast of color areconspicuously displayed in a manner to suggest solidlty of structure byaccentunting certain horizontal lines in contrast with the generalint-mwah oi thv fence ns a n whole, which without the features oi theproscrit invention frequently blends inconspicuously into the backgroundof foliage or the grey color oi the sky so as to be unobserved byanimals. particuo iarly in foggy or rainy weather. or in partialtwilight.

Further objects and detalls of the invention will appear from adescription thereof in conjunction with the accompanying drawing.wherein,-

u ligure 1 representa a woven wire fence having aligned stay wires anddisplaying the features of the present invention: and

Fig. 2 is a view of a similar fence in which alternate stay wires standin staggered relation to one another.

The fence as shown in Fig. l comprises a pluraiity of spaced strandwires il and aligned cross stay wires II which are connected by knots orcoils i! with the strand wires.

As shown, the stay wire sections stand in verlo tical aligned relationfrom top to bottom of the fence, giving to the fence as a whole acheckerboard pattern, but the present invention is equally applicable tofences in which the alternate stay wire sections stand in staggeredrelation to one another as in Fig. 2. The fence as shown is strung uponfence posts Il and stands at an elevation of about four and a half feet.

In order to create the illusion of a board or other solid fenceaffording a conspicuous barrier to against escape, the third and fourthstrand wires with the intervening stay wire sections. and iikewise thesixth and seventh. and the ninth and tenth strand wires with theirintervening stay wire sections. are painted or otherwise colored in sucha way as to afford a conspicuous contrast to the remainder of the fenceand to simulate the solid appearance oi continuous boarding from end toend of the tence, and when thus colored these portions of the fencestructure will stand out in ,o sharp contrast to the sky or thesurrounding landscape and will be easily visible at considerabledistances, and create the impression of continuously extending board orother solid enclosure. which to a very marked degree reduces the numuber oi' accidents occasioned by animals charging into the fence whileunaware of its presence. or of the fact that a fairly rigid andsubstantial barrier is present.

It is preferred to space each pair of colored strand wires at a greaterdistance than the width oi the space between the constituents composingthe pair, so that the resulting cfiect of a conventional board foncewill be more conspicuously suggested, and this method of spacing alsosono. u better to direct attention to the conspicuously oolored portionsof the fence and to emphasise the contrast with the remainder oi thtfonos structure. This eifeot would be lost or defeated itbe entire fencewere merely colored or painted. nos .o the present levenden is intendedrather ta direct attention to certain portions only o! the foncestructure in order to create the illus'oe proviously described.

Moatoduperimootsbansbowntbatsooatu surface of the landscape but to standin sharp clrxtrast thereto in order to secure the best re By alsopainting the stay wire sections which intervene between adjacent coloredstrand wires, the atleet of solidity oi' continuous boarding isemphasized. so that the attention oi' the cattle will be quicklyarrested and the presence' ci a continuous barrier brought to notice.

Although woven wire fencing of the character particularly illustratedand described is peculiarly adapted to the requirements of the presentinvention, it will be understood that the particular type of mesh may bevaried or modified, and that the principles oi the invention may beutilized in connection with such fencing as chain link fencing,ornamental fencing. and diamond mesh fencing or the like.

I claim:

1. A woven wire tence consisting o! a plurality of longitudinal spacedstrand wires and intervening stay wire sections, two or more verticallyspaced pairs oi strand wires and the interposed stay wire sections beingcolored in sharp contrast to the remainder oi the fence to simulate thesolid appearance ot continuous lines of l boarding separated verticallyfrom one another.

2. A woven wire fence consisting ci a plurality of longitudinal spacedstrand wires and intervening stay wire sections, two or more verticallyspaced pairs of strand wires being colored in sharp contrast to theremainder oi the fence to simulate the solid appearance oi continuouslines oi' boarding. the constituent strand wires of each conspicuouslycolored pair being closer together than the vertical space interveningbetween such pairs oi .strand wires.

3. A woven wire fencing providing a mesh having spaced portions thereoicolored in contrast to the color of the remaining portions to displaythe eiiect of longitudinally extending parallel spaced continuousstripes simulating the solid eilect of boarding separated vertically byless conspicuous uncolored portions.

4. A woven wire fencing providing a mesh having spaced portions thereofvividly colored in contrast to the dull color of the remaining fertionsto display the eiiect oi longitudinally ex tending' parallel spacedcontinuous stripes simulatlng the solid eiIect of boarding separatedvertically by less conspicuous uncolored portions.

, 5. A woven wire fencing providing a mesh having spaced portionsthereof vividly colored in contrast to the dull color oi the remainingportions to display the efiect or longitudinally extending parallelspaced continuous stripes simulating the solid eil'ect of boardingseparated by less con- 'spicuous uncoiored portions ot greater widththan the striped portions.

6. A woven wire fence consisting of a plurality of longitudinal spacedstrand wires and intervening stay wire sections, two or more pairs ofstrand wires and the interposed stay wire sections being colored insharp contrast to the remainder ci the tence to simulate the solidappearance of continuous lines oi boarding, the constituent strand wiresof each conspicuously colored pair being closer together than the spaceintervening between such pairs oi strand wires.

JULIAN L.

